8 September 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: waiting for the political storm
Forced evacuations in New Orleans begin.
Republican leaders announce bipartisan, joint House-Senate inquiry into Katrina response.
Bush sends Congress request for $51.8 billion in additional Katrina relief funds.
Number of evacuees still at Houston's Reliant Park drops significantly--now at 8,066, down from 25,400 on Tuesday.
It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. National Geographic's New Orleans disaster prediction from last year.
Beware websites that ask for Katrina donations, especially those operated by white supremacist groups.
"People come here and say, 'I want to go to Minneapolis. Or, 'I have a relative in Texas, just get me there and I can start all over.'"
Louisiana's chief epidemiologist claims there's no danger from putrid floodwaters.
Draggable map shows the shocking breadth of a flooded New Orleans.
Stories from Superdome still difficult to ascertain--no witnesses will confirm or deny murders, rapes, and during cleanup no corpses were found.
John McPhee's 1987 account of how the Army Corps of Engineers have held back the waters in New Orleans.
Though Louisiana leads the country in Army Corps money, a good deal of recent spending wasn't for flood control.
Schwarzenegger invokes Prop. 22, says voters have indicated they want him to veto the gay-marriage bill.
In Iraq, voter registration amongst Sunnis now appears to be around 85 percent.
Elections in Egypt: You could vote for somebody besides Mubarak, but that wouldn't be such a hot idea.
Help the victims of Hurricane Katrina with a donation today to the Red Cross--it's not too late.
